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• Moving to another council or housing association home

  Moving to another council or housing association home Moving to another council home or housing association home

• Student housing - ending your agreement in halls

  Explains the rules about ending your tenancy or licence agreement when living in university halls of residence. Covers fixed term and periodic agreements, leaving before the agreement ends and getting your deposit back

• Check you have the ‘right to reside’ for housing

  If you have pre-settled status or you’re waiting for a decision from the EU Settlement Scheme, check how to show you have the ‘right to reside

• If you’re being evicted by the council or housing association

  Your landlord has to follow steps before they can evict you. Find out how you can challenge the eviction and stay in your home

• Deciding what to do about housing discrimination

  Find out what you can do to solve your problem and get everything ready before you take action

• If you’re offered an unsuitable council or housing association home

  Check if the home you're offered is suitable for your needs. Check how to refuse the housing offer if it isn't suitable.

• The council says you've had a Housing Benefit overpayment

  Check if you’ve actually been overpaid Housing Benefit and find out how to challenge a overpayment.

• Check if the Benefit Cap will affect your Housing Benefit

  Check how much the benefit cap is and whether it will affect your housing benefit. The cap is a limit to the total amount of money you can get.

• Moving to another council home or housing association home

  If your council home doesn’t meet your needs, you might be able to move to a different one. Find out more about mutual exchange and tenancy transfer

• Check if a room counts as an extra bedroom for Housing Benefit

  Find out how the council decide if you have a spare room in your council home, and when they can reduce your Housing Benefit - sometimes called the ‘bedroom tax’.